This crenellated seven-bedroom home is a gem for buyers; not only is it extensively refurbished, it is also unlisted

Rachel and Nick Tims, the owners of Hilfield Manor, have a photo of Thomas Hardy standing in front of their home: it seems that the author of Far from the Madding Crowd and The Mayor of Casterbridge was a frequent visitor to this Victorian mock castle in the early 1890s. Today, Hardy would see no difference in the Dorset manor’s eccentric crenellated façade He might, however, be somewhat baffled by the house’s interior, decor and standards of comfort and hygiene, as these have undergone a revolution over the past century. Hardy’s heroines, usually borne down by agricultural and domestic drudgery,

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